Cecil Calvert (politician)
{{Short description|Northern Irish unionist politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| office = Member of
Lisburn City Council
| constituency = Killultagh
| term_start = 15 May 1985
| term_end = 5 May 2011
| predecessor = District created
| successor = John Palmer
| office1 = Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for Lagan Valley
| term_start1 = 30 May 1996
| term_end1 = 25 April 1998
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| party = Independent Unionist (from 2011)
| otherparty = TUV (2007–2011)
DUP (before 2007)
}}
Cecil Calvert was a Northern Irish unionist politician, who was a long-serving councillor on Lisburn City Council.
Career
Calvert worked for the B Specials Constabulary and as a farmer before joining the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).[http://www.dup.org.uk/MemberProfile.asp?MemberID=76 Cecil Calvert profile], DUP.org.uk; accessed 3 June 2016. In 1985, he was elected to Lisburn Borough Council, representing Killultagh, County Antrim. He held his seat at each subsequent election,[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lglisburn.htm Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Lisburn], Northern Ireland Elections serving as Mayor of Lisburn in 2004 – 05.Ben Lowry and David Gordon, "[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article997133.ece Monitor plan for meeting dropped]", Belfast Telegraph, 24 June 2004.
Calvert was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing Lagan Valley, but failed to take a seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/alv.htm Lagan Valley : Northern Ireland Elections (1998)], ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 June 2016.
Calvert carried a Union Jack during a St Patrick's Day parade in Seattle in 2005.[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002206210_stpaddy13m.html St Patrick's Day Parade, Seattle (2005)], seattletimes.nwsource.com; accessed 3 June 2016.
In June 2007, Calvert resigned from the DUP, objecting to the party's decision to enter government with Sinn Féin.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} He subsequently joined Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) but resigned in March 2011.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}
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| years = 1996–1998
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Category:Ulster Special Constabulary officers
Category:Farmers from Northern Ireland
Category:Democratic Unionist Party councillors
Category:Traditional Unionist Voice councillors
Category:Members of Lisburn City Council
Category:Mayors of places in Northern Ireland